Lis Wiehl's The Newsmakers

This book had a lot to do with religion because people were scared and looked to God for answers. A quote that I believe goes with this is one from Corrie where she says ,”Lord Jesus, You were called to a hearing, too. Show me what to do.” (Page 118 of Chapter 11) This reiterates that she was looking to God on what she should do. A theme that branches off of religion was faith. Faith played a very important role throughout the book, from normal practices of faith in the beginning of the book to Corrie using faith to keep strong in the labor camps. One quote that I feel describes this is, “But if God has shown us bad times ahead it’s enough for that he knows about them. That’s why he sometimes shows us things you know, to tell us that this too is in his hands,”(page 50 of Chapter 5) This quote shows that Corrie has faith in God that he has it all under control. All in all, I enjoyed reading this book a lot. It showed me a lot of different side of the Holocaust that I previously did not know. I think the best way to prevent terrible events from history from happening again is to learn more about them, and I believe this book does a great job in teaching the hardships and truths about what happened during the

To some extent, the book can be labeled as immoral however, if anyone understands the role of

New Journalism New Journalism is a style of news writing and journalism, developed in the 1960s and '70s, which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. It is characterized by a subjective perspective, a literary style reminiscent of long-form non-fiction and emphasizing "truth" over "facts," and intensive reportage in which reporters immersed themselves in the stories as they reported and wrote them. (Wikipedia, 2016) New Journalism was developed between the 1960’s and 70’s. Although Tom Wolfe officially came up with the expression “New Journalism” in 1973, this literary approach was not entirely new.

not in control of our lives. It is also controversial because it wrestles with the idea of a world possibly without moral

Within Joyce Nelson’s essay, “TV News: A Structure of Reassurance”, Nelson criticizes the TV news structure that perpetually disconnects current events from their historical background through comforting anchorpeople partnered with advanced technology to create a TV program that minimizes the important implications of current events. Though lacking the amount of information that a print news publication can maintain, the TV news can convey immediate information through technological advances of modern TV equipment to allow the medium to remain competitive. The façade of in-the-moment international information broadcasted directly to viewers enables anchorpeople to maintain the feeling of immediateness, keeping the viewers believing the program

According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary a muckraker is someone who “searches out and publicly exposes real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business” (“Muckraker”). During the 1890s to the 1920s, muckrakers were a group of American journalists who exposed the corruption in society and informed the public about important social issues. The term muckraker originally came around when President Roosevelt gave a speech about reporters who exposed political and corporate corruption ("Who Are the Muckrakers?”). There have been so many muckrakers in American history whose works have been the cause of new laws and changes; some of the most important and famous of these muckrakers were Upton Sinclair, Samuel Hopkins Adams, and Jacob Riis.

Many people theorize that this bleak, dark story may not be what it appears on the surface. Many people believe that the story represents something much more. In 2006, McCarthy sat down for a rare interview with Oprah Winfrey. In that interview, McCarthy described the novel as a love story to his son. While this is straight from the author’s mouth, this has not stopped many readers from theorizing what McCarthy was trying to convey in his dystopian novel.The following is one of those theories for your consideration.

In the book, there were many things that surprised me and challenges my ideas and beliefs on what the government once was and what it is now. I am surprised that the government was more corrupted and twisted. I am also surprised that the government is still like that in some ways. The book challenged my views on the capital justice system. It used to and sort of still is messed up.

The book is very different, but I thought it was very interesting, I liked how it ties into what we know of today as the “Second Awakening,” which was a period where fanaticism, fundamentalism, and very religious people began to awake America. Cults would soon begin to arise and it would completely soon challenge the way Christianity had been for years. These views and extreme beliefs would bring weird new beliefs about God and Christianity to America.

The book Mistakes Were Made by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson is mainly about cognitive dissonance, responsibility, and self-justification. People will not listen to someone telling them they are wrong because then they would have to change their mindset. This is basically what cognitive dissonance is people cannot have two conflicting thoughts. This is why people can sometimes be so wrong and not realize it because they were self-justifying the wrong answer.

When I started the book I knew I wasn’t going to like it. Perloff just made an awful first impression on me. He immediately starts spewing out debatable ideas as if they were facts. He blatantly states them as such. Most notably he states the controversial idea that Hitler’s racism was born from Darwinism as fact. Well thats how I perceived it anyways. Another thing that bother me is when Perloff says he won’t try to push the bible on you. To me that seemed like a blatant lie. Throughout the book I felt as

Throughout the article “Dispatch from the Edge: Katrina” by Anderson Cooper, one reads about Cooper’s life as a CNN news anchor. Cooper covered Hurricane Katrina, which was a category five hurricane that hit New Orleans. He finds hurricanes interesting to cover, because they have before, during, and after scenes. After covering several hurricanes, Cooper knew what to expect; there would be wind and then rain. Hurricane Katrina sustained winds estimated to be 125 miles per hour, that hit shore around 6:10 a.m. on the first Monday of September 2005. Cooper discusses the challenges for live coverage during storms, and what the camera man goes through. He also mentions that It is easy to forget the ones who have stood crammed in a closet taking

My first complaint lies in the fact that this book is really just a cleaned up and reprinted collections of Cohen’s New York Times “Greatest Hits.” A lot of the book felt like an “easy Sunday reader,” mostly in part to the fact that a lot of the stories content was pulled from question and answer articles from the Times. While I did enjoy the articles themselves I was looking for a=ward to a more in depth and cutting edge look at the world of ethics from such a renowned name.

A major part of the book deals with human monsters, with unjustifiable and unforgivable actions. It is full of reminiscence of a dying father. The book shows promise of a predictable ending yet keeps the thrill of the wait and keeps the reader in anticipation. The book leaves the reader in a dilemma of who to root for, an ancient predator driven instincts of survival or a man driven by rage, greed and lust with not much repercussion of his actions. The description of America with people walking into a hardware store and walking out with guns and dynamite because

Throughout the novel, secrets are revealed that pose great threats to the credibility of Catholicism and the modern day church. In his article, “Breaking the Code”, Maurice Timothy Reidy states, “Completely turned my opinion